PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A 32-year-old man was arraigned in Providence Monday after authorities said he stabbed a man with Brockton ties to death, the Associated Press reports.

Leon Taylor turned himself into police and was charged with murder Monday after he allegedly killed David Simmons during a fight on Dartmouth Avenue on June 9, the AP reports He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail.

Simmons, 32, had recently moved from Brockton to Providence, according to the AP.

Police say Taylor fled to North Carolina after the stabbing, and U.S. marshals went there to look for him. But authorities say Taylor returned to Rhode Island on his own and surrendered to police, the AP reports.

Police say Taylor has a lengthy criminal record that includes gun violence and drug possession.

A funeral service for Simmons was held Saturday at the Home of Funerarias Multi Culturel on Court Street in Brockton.